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Old 11-21-2019, 08:10 AM   #181
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I had to speculate, I would suspect it had something to do with Tkachuk (nothing I know, just gut feeling).

Rumors of Tkachuk's cockyness reminds me of Phaneuf.
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Old 11-21-2019, 08:36 AM   #182
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I had to speculate, I would suspect it had something to do with Tkachuk (nothing I know, just gut feeling).

Rumors of Tkachuk's cockyness reminds me of Phaneuf.
What?

Tkachuk is now a locker room problem? The guy who everyone says is the next captain is now a cocky jerk?
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I had to speculate, I would suspect it had something to do with Tkachuk (nothing I know, just gut feeling).

Rumors of Tkachuk's cockyness reminds me of Phaneuf.
What? Tkachuk is 100% not the problem with this team... Among NHL hockey players, I doubt cockiness is a unique trait.
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^^Well, that covers all the bases now, Someone had to say it was Tkachuk’s fault because it has not been said so far. I gather that had to be a joke, maybe along the lines of he is playing too well and making the others players look bad in comparison?
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Old 11-21-2019, 08:55 AM   #185
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Tkachuk hasn’t been good last few games either really.
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Always find this site really interesting when the team is in a skid. Seems like people sitting on things for months get triggered and lay out every theory.
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What?

Tkachuk is now a locker room problem? The guy who everyone says is the next captain is now a cocky jerk?
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What? Tkachuk is 100% not the problem with this team... Among NHL hockey players, I doubt cockiness is a unique trait.
I never said Tkachuk was the problem, nor was Phaneuf.

Tkachuk has arguably been the best player this season.

All I said is that they have rumoured strong personalities that don't always mesh well. Tkachuk is now the highest paid Flame and has a strong personality.

Did anything else you can think of change over the summer?
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Old 11-21-2019, 12:47 PM   #188
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Always find this site really interesting when the team is in a skid. Seems like people sitting on things for months get triggered and lay out every theory.

Funny you should say that. I have been sitting on my own theory since the playoffs that I didn't feel too comfortable with sharing until now. I am reading some exceptionally bizarre theories here that seem to be fabricated out of the smelly air that comes out people's rear-ends. Let's really have an honest talk about the reality of the situation that we find ourselves in as Fans of the Flames.



What is really going on is that the Flames skyrocketed last regular season. It was very noticeable. What has been a bit less obvious has been the 'good season - poor season' ups and downs. The whole hockey world took note, as did the Ganymedians. They wanted to figure out how one team one year could achieve poor results, and then superb results the next. So right before the playoffs began, they abducted half of the Flames' players, and started running some really invasive testing. Unfortunately, this has led to APTSD (Alien Post Testing Syndrome Disorder - tender areas that are not normally tender and that don't really heal, as well as vivid flashbacks of such testing).


The players are temporarily replaced with doppelgangers, but unfortunately for us as fans, they are just not good at the game of hockey. People don't realize that Calgary is the world's hotspot for UFO's and related phenomenon, so this correlates nicely. Last season they replaced Neal as they wanted to study the effect of coaching when it comes to us earthlings, so he was replaced for the entire season as a control variable. I haven't been able to deduce what they are studying this season, but I firmly believe that indeed most players with the exception of Rittich have been replaced with these doppelgangers.



So, when the doppelgangers are on the ice, they are completely atrocious. However, when it is a previously abducted Flames' player, you can tell that they are having flashbacks of being probed. It is so very easy to see, and I don't know how a forum with this many people on it haven't been able to simply observe this blatant phenomenon.



I share this information knowing full well that I am placing myself in absolute danger. I just want to assuage the members of this forum during these dark times.


What can we do about this? Well, the one player that I know for sure hasn't been abducted yet is Rittich. We need to send a team to him, and he needs to be wrapped completely in tinfoil. No, this is not a 'tinfoil hat' conspiracy theory - tinfoil hats just stop them from reading your mind and nothing else (and they do that by making your skull cap and brain invisible). That's not what is going on here, and saying that this is some stupid tinfoil hat conspiracy theory is completely stupid - don't be one of these idiots, ok? Rittich needs to be wrapped in premium aluminum foil. A tinfoil tube needs to be formed around his mouth and nose (i.e. - elephant-like) to allow his breathing and feeding. A lightbulb then has to be inserted on top of this, and plugged into a socket. He will become completely invisible to the aliens, and they will just assume he is a floor lamp. I thought Tkachuk was himself, but it turns out that he has also been replaced lately - we were too slow to act there, and for that, I apologize. I fear Rittich may be the only one left that hasn't been traumatized or replaced.



This is also not the only thing to worry about either. We have meddling in our drafting. Dare I say foreign interference? Ukraine has been meddling in our drafting for years now. Need evidence to support this?



Dave Relerson, Chris Blotti, Bryan Deasly, and Jesper Mattsson.



Don't stick your head in the sand and say I am crazy. These names show that I am completely sane and right about this. There are other names I am sure, but these should be the most well-known and provide unequivocally this evidence of foreign interference in our drafting.



I have given you the information necessary to stop the Ganymedians from Ganymede, but I have no idea how to stop this Ukrainian plot. I can't provide all your answers for you, unfortunately.

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You are a very troubled man.

Good read though.
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Old 11-21-2019, 12:51 PM   #190
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One player being too cocky is hampering a whole team?

Yeah sure, why not.
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Old 11-21-2019, 12:52 PM   #191
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My theory is simple
Teams have figured out how to play Johnny
He hasn’t figured how to adjust against that
I recall it happened a few years ago with AO and he developed some new weapons and tactics
Sports is about adjusting and readjusting
Can Johnny do that?
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My theory is simple
Teams have figured out how to play Johnny
He hasn’t figured how to adjust against that
I recall it happened a few years ago with AO and he developed some new weapons and tactics
Sports is about adjusting and readjusting
Can Johnny do that?
Isn’t that what they said about Johnny after his 61pt season in year one of the extension? He followed that with 84 and 99pts. What did Johnny do to increase his production after 2017?
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Old 11-21-2019, 12:55 PM   #194
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My theory is simple
Teams have figured out how to play Johnny
He hasn’t figured how to adjust against that
I recall it happened a few years ago with AO and he developed some new weapons and tactics
Sports is about adjusting and readjusting
Can Johnny do that?
I'd add to that a bit ...

1. Teams have figured out Johnny
2. The rest of that line is still trying to funnel pucks to him as the engine
3. He hasn't adjusted
4. He's gone inward and is really frustrated
5. This has nuked his individual skill completely

Steinberg said yesterday that they need to shelter him to get him going ... tough on the road, but a solid way to start. Get him thinking he can dictate again, then up his responsibilities.
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I blame Miller...or whoever it is the Flames trade for next. It's clearly that person's fault...whoever they are.
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Old 11-21-2019, 01:25 PM   #196
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My theory is simple
Teams have figured out how to play Johnny
He hasn’t figured how to adjust against that
I recall it happened a few years ago with AO and he developed some new weapons and tactics
Sports is about adjusting and readjusting
Can Johnny do that?
This is it Bednar solved Johnny and by extension solved the Flames offence and the rest of the league was watching the dismantling. The team isn't that deep we got a first line and Tkachuck. The offense lives and dies on Johnny carrying it in and button hooking and distributing. Monahan lives and dies on sick passes for tap ins. All teams have to do is smother Johnny's button hook ala Zadorov and force the dump and chase and they are hooped.

Peters had no answer in the playoffs and he has no answer now. I don't know if we have the personnel to change up our zone entries and distribution to the slot but right now its all dump ins and perimeter play they cant penetrate the high danger box anymore last year they were one of the best, this year their high danger goals for are way down. teams are just forchecking johnny hard and keeping everyone to the outside.
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I'd add to that a bit ...

1. Teams have figured out Johnny
2. The rest of that line is still trying to funnel pucks to him as the engine
3. He hasn't adjusted
4. He's gone inward and is really frustrated
5. This has nuked his individual skill completely

Steinberg said yesterday that they need to shelter him to get him going ... tough on the road, but a solid way to start. Get him thinking he can dictate again, then up his responsibilities.
I agree with all of this but it's not the whole thing.

Why is it so difficult for this team to win when Gaudreau plays poorly? If so, that is one gigantic problem with how the team is constructed and how players are deployed.

Shut Gaudreau down and the Flames will wilt seems to be the opponent's strategy. Not hard to see why he is getting so damn frustrated.

Gaudreau is not Mario Lemieux. Never has been and never will be.
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This is it Bednar solved Johnny and by extension solved the Flames offence and the rest of the league was watching the dismantling. The team isn't that deep we got a first line and Tkachuck. The offense lives and dies on Johnny carrying it in and button hooking and distributing. Monahan lives and dies on sick passes for tap ins. All teams have to do is smother Johnny's button hook ala Zadorov and force the dump and chase and they are hooped.

Peters had no answer in the playoffs and he has no answer now. I don't know if we have the personnel to change up our zone entries and distribution to the slot but right now its all dump ins and perimeter play they cant penetrate the high danger box anymore last year they were one of the best, this year their high danger goals for are way down. teams are just forchecking johnny hard and keeping everyone to the outside.
Another poster doing mental gymnastics trying to blame anybody but Gaudreau for Gaudreau’s crap play.

Gaudreau isn’t making smart plays with puck
Gaudreau isn’t hard on the puck
Gaudreau isn’t winning any battles
Gaudreau doesn’t look dangerous either shooting or passing

But let’s just ignore all that and make it about Bednar and Peters and then we won’t have to face the sad reality that our star player is at the heart of the problem.
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Isn’t that what they said about Johnny after his 61pt season in year one of the extension? He followed that with 84 and 99pts. What did Johnny do to increase his production after 2017?
He took another step forward and adjusted. He needs to adjust again. If your style gets figured out once, it can certainly happen again, and you need to respond accordingly which he hasn't really this time around.
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^ ^ FDW:

GM: “Johnny, I’m not paying you to skate in the corner and take sharp angle shots”
Coach: “Johnny, you keep getting funnelled in to the corner. We have identified why that is happening. In this situation, try this instead: ...”

Get the coach to do something

Profit
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